Caroline Calloway, Collection: Luigi Mangione
Noam Galai/Getty Images; Jeff Swensen/Getty ImagesSocial media influencer Caroline Calloway He claims to have something to do with Luigi Mangionethe 26-year-old man suspected of shooting and killing the CEO of United Healthcare Brian Thompson.
“Guys, you literally KILLED the CEO of UNITED HEALTHCARE ASSASSIN,” Calloway, 33, wrote via X on Monday, December 9, the same day Mangione was arrested by law enforcement officials while eating at a McDonald's restaurant in Altoona, Pennsylvania. He has since been charged with murder in New York and faces four additional charges, including one count of forgery of a document and one count of criminal possession of a firearm, CNN reported.
In a Later tweetCalloway wrote: “Well, technically, he wasn't a murderer when we were killed. …that I know of. But still!!!!”
Some people were quick to express doubts about the accuracy of Calloway's claim.
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“Receipts Caroline, we need receipts,” one
Calloway was called out for having lived a lie before. In a 2019 article by Pieces It is titled “I Was Caroline Calloway,” Calloway’s ex-girlfriend Naantali Beach She recalled getting paid to write captions for Calloway on Instagram, discovered that Calloway had bought fake social media followers and helped Calloway write her book. (Calloway got a six-figure book deal to write a memoir called School girl But it withdrew from the agreement in 2017, returning most of its $100,000 advance.)
“Caroline was stuck between her identity and who she thought she was, which was ultimately perhaps the thing she was most connected to,” Beach wrote. “That's why, when people ask me if Caroline is a fraud, I try to explain that if she is, her first sign is always the same.”
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Jeff Swensen/Getty ImagesBeach's article is one of several appearing in her 2023 book, Adult Drama: And Other Essays. Calloway released a self-published memoir titled Cheeky crookin the same year. I celebrated publicly when The New Yorker He published a review favorably comparing it to Beach's collection of essays.
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“Beach’s book, on the other hand, has almost disturbing roots in reality. … Beach's book is less meandering than Calloway's, yet it is also slower and more uncertain. Instagram In July 2023, citing The New Yorker review. “OMG, MAKE ME THE BIGGER PERSON – BUT NOT YET!!!!!!”
Calloway can be counted on to make surprising statements online. Her latest claim about Mangione comes months after she said so He wasn't someone who could read In two years,” he said during a May appearance on the “No Jumper” podcast.
“I meet them on Hinge, and I think maybe if I go on more than a couple of dates, they might have enough clues about my life to know who I am, but most of them, they don't know. Ask and don't tell.”
Calloway also sparked controversy in October when she made the announcement on social media There are no plans to leave her beachfront home in Sarasota, Florida, despite severe evacuation warnings as Hurricane Milton approached land.
“If I actually die in this storm, my book prices will go up a lot. Order now,” she wrote via Instagram Story at the time.
It's unclear whether Calloway is telling the truth or joking about her alleged relationship with Maggione. Mangione is suspected of shooting and killing Thompson outside the entrance of the New York Hilton Midtown hotel in New York City on Wednesday, December 4. After a five-day search, Mangione was arrested in Pennsylvania on Monday.
